Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
WISCONSIN NEWS.

THE Eau Claire authorities have
voted the Osgood Furniture Company,
OF Chicago, $4,000 to locate its fac
tory IN that city, the establishment
TO employ 200 hands. The CONNER
clal Syndicate hiss also donated the
company $1,000 and FIVE acres of
land.
THE William Listman Mill Com
pany, of La Crosse, has been incor.
ated with q capital of 800, 600. The
object Is to operate 81 FIGURING mill.
The charges against County Clerk
Gafney, OF Ashland, have been with
drawn. ID
Ell. w. HUDSON, brakeman, at
tempted suicide on the 22d at the
Commercial Hotel, Ashland, by TAX
ing morphine, but WAS saved by ply
slcians. He had been on q spree.
ENGINEER AUCKLAND, Of La Crosse,
was killed IN q collision at Lakeield,
on the Southern Minnesota Division
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway. A regular freight stopped
on the main line and was run into by
Especial III q enowstorm that made it
| Impossible Tor the engineer to see the
obstruction. Engineer Searles, of La
Crosse, was injured in the wreck.
DURING the past season the govern
rnent has expended some $4,000 in
building dams and making other inn
provements on the Mississippi River
IN the vicinity Of Fountain City. It
was recently made known9that one Of
these dams had been undermined and
greatly damaged by reason Of being
tempered with by some scoundrel.
Deputy Marshal Truesdell has traced
the vandal and placed the case before
the grand jury at Madison.
The Northwestern Fuel Company,
OF Milwaukee, has brought suit
against Wolf & Davidson, of that
city, for damages caused by the
Launch Of the steamer w. II. Wolf.
last summer. It will be remembered
that 81 scaffold on the Fuel Com
pany's wharf, on which o number OF
people had congregated TO witness the
launch, was wrecked, and the occu-
pants thrown into the water.
EARLY on the morning of the 21st q
special train on the $500" read, car
rying the officers and directory of the
company, ran into o south-bound
freight train on the Wisconsin Central
road at Prentice Crossing. Two cars
we're demolished, and, although the
special train was travelling at "a very
high rate or speed, no one WAS hurt.
JAMES Mccoy, q saloon-keeper was
killed by falling tree, near Birch,
Ashland County.
A WISCONSIN CENTRAL O official informs
tbs Ashland News that union depot
will be built at Ashland next spring.
DENNIS 3. LAWLER, g. pioneer Of
Ridgeway, Iowa County, is dead at
age Of 50 years. He leaves an estate
valued at $4,000.
FROM the fact that Chief Architect
Schick, Of the Burlington road, will
take up his residence in La Crosse in
the spring, peopl9 ia that city believe
the general shops IF that company
will be built IN La Crosse.
WONG CHIN Foo, the Chinese lawyer,
will lecture before the State University
| on January IL.
A BILLIARD table occupies g corner
of the Executive mansion and Gov.
Ruak spends an hour a day at three
ball caroms.
SIX farmers, residing IN La Crosse
| County, are defendant IN g suit for
5000 brought to recover the value Of
corn which it is alleged the defendants
stole from the plaintiff.
THE board Of regents Of the State
University has directed Prof. w. A.
Henry to add TO the short course in
agriculture two hours instruction
daily, IN the university machine shop.